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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jan 26;58(2):256–264. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02685.x

Table 5.

Gender Adjusted 12-Month Prevalence Rates of Psychiatric Disorders by Race/Ethnicity According to Nativity for Respondents 50+ (Bayesian Estimates)

NCS-R Non- Latino Whites NLAAS Latinos NLAAS Asians NSAL African- Americans NSAL Afro- Caribbean
(N =1554 ) (N = 685) (N = 580) (N = 1060) (N = 366)

U.S. (N =1498 ) (N = 149) (N = 96) (N = 1052) (N = 60)

IM (N =56) (N = 536) (N = 484) (N = 8) (N = 306)

Past 12 Months % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE)

Any Depressive Disorder U.S. 5.5% (0.7) 5.8% (2.0) 0.8% (0.8) 4.2% (0.6) 8.2% (5.4)

IM 1.0% (1.2) 10.3% (1.7) 2.1% (0.8) 1.2% (3.3) 2.8% (1.8)
< 0.01 0.08 0.25 0.38 0.34

Any Anxiety Disorder U.S. 8.7% (0.9) 6.7% (2.1) 2.7% (1.6) 8.8% (0.9) 4.7% (3.4)

IM 3.3% (2.4) 11.1% (1.8) 7% (1.4) 2.5% (3.7) 2.5% (1.5)
0.03 0.11 0.04 0.10 0.55

Any Substance Use Disorder U.S. 0.4% (0.2) 1.6% (1) 0.5% (0.7) 1.3% (0.4) 1.2% (1.7)

IM 0.7% (1.1) 0.4% (0.3) 0.1% (0.1) 0.8% (3.1) 0.1% (0.4)
0.82 0.24 0.56 0.86 0.55

Any Psychiatric Disorder U.S. 11.5% (1) 11.6% (2.7) 3.3% (1.9) 11.4% (1.1) 11.4% (5.6)

IM 4.7% (2.8) 16.3% (2.2) 7.4% (1.4) 3.0% (4.4) 4.5% (2.0)
0.02 0.17 0.09 0.07 0.25

U.S. = U.S.-born

IM= immigrant